Friday, July 18, 2014

Encounter Key: Inner Ward The Cellars

The
Cellars below the Inner Ward consist of a group of chambers, most of
which were originally used as storage space. The walls and floors
are of rough gray, brown, and black stone. In the narrow corridors,
the marching order must change to single file. These rooms are
fifteen feet below the Ground Level. Ceiling height is given in each
keyed area while it is generally ten feet in the corridors.

The
Cellars directly connect to the Ground Level, the Sewers, and the Rat Warrens.

This
sub-level serves as home to several factions. In addition to the Red
Legs and Vicenne, there are two other factions which may be
encountered here. The cellar dwellers can be found in Rooms 21 to
25. The brown ratkin and giant rats from the Rat Warrens do not live
on this sub-level, but are often seen as they scavenge for food here.

CELLAR
DWELLERS: This race of vat creatures migrated to this sub-level
from much deeper in the dungeon. They stay to the shadows, picking
off lone humans or humanoids to bring back, study, torture, and eat.
They deeply resent their outcast status and subconsciously desire to
be accepted by their creator, Valerian Triskelion. For this reason
the more powerful or dominant among them study other lifeforms and
make surgical modifications to their bodies. Their pathological
psychoses run deep, however, and so they hate real men and more
favored vat creatures, even as they envy them. Their pride refuses
to let them admit their racial longing and therefore they are deeply
conflicted and violent creatures.